Network
Channel 5
When Evil Came to Rochdale (Channel 5) is a chilling documentary that delves into one of the UK’s most infamous cases of so-called “Satanic Panic.” The film revisits the events of 1990, when six families in Rochdale were accused of satanic ritual abuse, leading to the forced removal of their children into care.
Through powerful testimony and archival material, the documentary explores the devastating impact on the families involved, their years-long battle to regain custody and contact, and the wider hysteria that gripped the era.